On their ice, the stars won 4-3 in front of the Golden Knights to pick their 30th victory of the season. Aligned for 13’11, Lian Bichsel was credited with a neutral assessment for the ninth match of his young career in NHL.
Nino Niederreiter has also left the rink in the winning camp. At home, Winnipeg beat 5-2 Utah to consolidate its place as a western conference leader with its 69 points in 50 matches. The Grison did not recognize any points for a neutral assessment in this meeting.
Finally, in Chicago, Philipp Kurashev and the Blackhawks bowed 4-3 ahead of Tampa Bay who is still deprived of the services of Janis Moser. But for Chicago, the big news of the evening was the departure of Taylor Hall for Carolina in a “trade” which also concerned Colorado. Carolina, thus recruited the Finnish of the avalanche Mikko Rantanen during an exchange that sends Martin Necas and Jack Drury to Colorado.